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minus-squareraman_klogius@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoThe tech nerds should be setting theirs to 1970-01-01 at 00:00 UTC.
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 days agoThat’s the Unix Epoch. The time and date in Linux and Unix is the number of seconds since then.
minus-squarem-p{3}@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 days agoThat’s the default time when the CMOS battery is dead and the RTC is reset.
minus-square𞋴𝛂𝛋𝛆@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoIt is the beginning of cataclysm-simulation_67
The tech nerds should be setting theirs to 1970-01-01 at 00:00 UTC.
Why
That’s the Unix Epoch. The time and date in Linux and Unix is the number of seconds since then.
That’s the default time when the CMOS battery is dead and the RTC is reset.
It is the beginning of cataclysm-simulation_67